In honor of St. Patrick’s day, we got cooking with Chef Brandon Boudet, executive chef and co-owner, of LA’s Irish bar and restaurant, Tom Bergin’s Tavern. As the mind behind Tom Bergin’s recent menu makeover, he was kind enough to share with us a fresh new dish – the Shaved Raw Brussel Sprout Salad. As you
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Cooking Lessons
Raw Brussel Sprout Salad by Tom Bergin’s
In honor of St. Patrick’s day, we got cooking with Chef Brandon Boudet, executive chef and co-owner, of LA’s Irish bar and restaurant, Tom Bergin’s Tavern. As the mind behind Tom Bergin’s recent menu makeover, he was kind enough to share with us a fresh new dish – the Shaved Raw Brussel Sprout Salad. As you
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Spicy Corn Dip
Today, we are revealing the recipe for the BEST corn dip you have ever had. That’s right, you heard it here! This recipe is straight from the lips of Patty, co-owner of The Spot Gourmet, a Los Angeles based gourmet catering company. Rachel first got the idea to ask Patty to do this cooking lesson
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Lemonade’s Curried Cauliflower
This week we had the pleasure of learning a special dish from Chef Alan Jackson of Lemonade Restaurant Group (http://lemonadela.com). Rachel and I were super excited because we LOVE Lemonade. I really like the cafeteria style dining because you can choose a little bit of a lot of things, and trust me, you want to
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Grilled Cheese with Fontina and Caramelized Pear
We’re starting this New Year off with a bang… and a cooking lesson! I had the absolute, cheesy pleasure to learn how to properly make a grilled cheese from Chef Luke Reyes at The Corner Door. Turns out, I’ve been doing it incorrectly all of these years, and maybe you have too. Read on
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Coolhaus Sweet Corn & Blueberry Ice Cream
If you can remember back that far, then you know I did a Cooking Lesson with my pals at Coolhaus once before. If you’re not one of those readers that commits my every word to memory, then you can check it out HERE. Typically I don’t do repeat lessons, but when I heard that Coolhaus
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Cooking Lessons: The Perfect Cuban
Back when I was cool, (and by cool, I mean not pregnant and able to walk without waddling and meet girlfriends for breezy cocktails after work) I used to frequent a little joint downtown called Pattern Bar. Pattern has a great, open air atmosphere, yummy cocktails named after your favorite designers and a clientele comprised
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Cooking Lesson: Seared Scallops with a Cauliflower Puree
In today’s cooking lesson chef Sydney Hunter from Cafe Pinot helps me overcome my fear of cooking scallops and demonstrates food, as artwork. Ok, so that’s not exactly how this barber turned chef described his cooking style, but look at this dish… it’s so gorgeous it’s almost hard to take a bite and destroy
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Cooking Lessons: Shrimp Tofu Pad Thai
Last week I was thrilled to have Aida Mollenkamp over to my kitchen for a cooking lesson. Aida and I met while doing a segment on The Nate Berkus show and she was kind enough to accept my invitation to share one of her recipes with all of you. It’s not every day that
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Cooking Lesson: Yellow Curry
I don’t know about ya’ll but I am a HUGE fan of yellow curry! If you’ve never tried it yourself I really can’t recommend it highly enough! It’s spicy and sweet and tangy and delicious and now you can learn to make it yourself thanks to chef Gavin Portsmouth at Take a Bao. If
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Leek & Mushroom Tart